[PATCH Take 3] MTD driver for alauda chips

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Wed Jul 11 16:36:18 EDT 2007


On Wednesday 11 July 2007, Jörn Engel wrote:
> On Wed, 11 July 2007 20:05:43 +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> > > +/* Address shifting */
> > > +#define PBA_LO(pba) ((pba & 0xF) << 5)
> > > +#define PBA_HI(pba) (pba >> 3)
> > > +#define PBA_ZONE(pba) (pba >> 11)
> > 
> > What is PBA?
> 
> I guess it means "physical block address", as opposed to logical block
> address.  Whatever it means, I didn't see a reason to change the name.

I could have figured that out myself, the comment was more about the
problem that the acronym is neither obvious nor explained in a comment ;-)

	Arnd <><



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